Lack of antimicrobial activities of Dicranopteris linearis extracts and fractions

• Main Authors: Zakaria, Zainul Amiruddin, Mat Desa, A., Ramasamy, Kalavathy, Ahmat, Norizan, Tengku Mohamad, Tengku Azam Shah, Israf Ali, Daud Ahmad, Sulaiman, Mohd Roslan
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Academic Journals 2010
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/15407/1/15407.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/15407/; http://www.academicjournals.org/journal/AJMR/article-abstract/29E768D11479

The aim of the present study is to determine the antimicrobial activity of the aqueous, chloroform and methanol extracts of the leaves of Dicranopteris linearis (Gleicheniaceae) using the micro-broth dilution method. The leaves of D. linearis were soaked separately in distilled water (dH2O), chlorof...